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Caribbean Postcolonial Voices
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Jean Rhys
Notable works: 'Wide Sargasso Sea', 'Good Morning, Midnight' - Themes: Feminism, colonial power dynamics, alienation.
V.S. Naipaul
Notable works: 'A House for Mr Biswas', 'In a Free State' - Themes: Post-colonial societies, identity, exile and migration.
Edwidge Danticat
Notable works: 'Breath, Eyes, Memory', 'Krik? Krak!' - Themes: Haitian diaspora, mother-daughter relationships, political violence.
C. L. R. James
Notable works: 'The Black Jacobins', 'Beyond a Boundary' - Themes: Colonialism, African history, the relationship between sport and society.
George Lamming
Notable works: 'In the Castle of My Skin', 'The Pleasures of Exile' - Themes: Colonialism, racism, identity and belonging.
Maryse Condé
Notable works: 'Segu', 'I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem' - Themes: Gender, African diaspora history, postcolonial identity.
Earl Lovelace
Notable works: 'The Dragon Can't Dance', 'Salt' - Themes: The dynamics of Caribbean society, power structures, identity and resistance.
Wilson Harris
Notable works: 'Palace of the Peacock', 'The Guyana Quartet' - Themes: Cultural and historical diversity, myth, and the unconscious mind.
Derek Walcott
Notable works: 'Omeros', 'Dream on Monkey Mountain' - Themes: Colonialism, Caribbean culture, hybridity of identity.
Jamaica Kincaid
Notable works: 'A Small Place', 'Annie John' - Themes: Antiguan identity, colonial legacy, personal and national identity.
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